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Child Marriages: Old evils die hard 11 October 2012
Pune Municipal Corporation had conducted the annual Family survey which has revealed a shocking news. The old evil which has been driven out of the nation with stringent laws prosecuting the violators is still practiced by a large number of...
Keywords: International Day of the Girl Child, early marriages, , International Day of the Girl Child
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Old city contract marriages 04 April 2015
At Kanchanbagh, the Hyderabad Cops took four people into custody who are connected with this case in particular on Friday. Connected with the contract marriage, Shek Mohammad (60) offered to pay Rs.1 lakh to marry an 18 year old girl....
Keywords: Hyderabad police, Hyderabad police, contract marriage, old city
Read More Child marriage is mortifying! 31 May 2013
Ratnarashi had to undergo distress yet she never turned back Ratnarashi Pande who happens to be a woman from Bhopal known to have unyieldingly fought as well have won a court war for all child bride victims the right to...
Keywords: state public service commission, government service, high court, high court
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Happy Mother's Day 12 March 2012
A few days back, Savvy, a 5th grader studying in an Indian school in Dubai, came home visibly distraught. Her mother, who was used to seeing her sunny girl come home with a smile on her lips and a spring...
Keywords: distraught, distraught, 5th grader studying, Lita
Read More Child prostitution, a splotch on Indian nation 18 July 2011
Child prostitution has become a common commercial phenomenon in most of the countries and we find very few countries where it is not an organized trade. No doubt, it is a centuries-old social problem that has gradually sustained and spread...
Keywords: exploitation of the underprivileged, child labor, child labor, NGOs and social activists
Read More India, second in child marriages 12 September 2014
According to a UN report India had the highest number of unregistered children under age five between 2000 and 2012 and is the second-highest in number of child marriages. The report also said, along with India, Afghanistan, Bangaldesh and the...
Keywords: Child Marriages, birth registration, Child rights, United Nations
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SC Gives Its Verdict On Exception To Rape Law 11 October 2017
SC Gives Its Verdict On Exception To Rape Law:- The Supreme court, in a landmark verdict, on Wednesday ruled that the sex with wife aged between 15 and 18 years would be a punishable offence under the Indian Penal Code...
Keywords: Marital Rape, Minor, Rape, Supreme Court
Read More 8-year-old girl divorced 20 November 2013
An eight-year-old girl from Uttar Pradesh became the youngest divorcee in the world after she divorced her 14-year-old husband of four years. Fatima Mangre, who was staying with her parents post wedding, got married to Arjun Bakridi at the tender...
Keywords: 8-year-old girl divorced, child marriage, divorce, 8-year-old girl divorced
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16 Year Old Girl Forced to Marry, Served Legal Notice 12 January 2017
In a shocking case of child marriage, a 16-year-old schoolgirl in Hyderabad was forced to marry a man more than double her age. The court has served legal notice to the girl reminding her of her "conjugal duties". The police...
Keywords: Child marriage, court, school girl, school girl
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ROPES Holds Child Labour Rally in Chittoor 14 June 2016
The Palamaner police and Rural Organisation for Poverty Eradication Services (ROPES) organised the World Day Against Child Labour-2016 at Palamaner, Chittoor.This rally will focus on the increase of child labour. The main focus was to eliminate the social evil.In this...
Keywords: Child Labour, ROPES, Rally, Child marriage
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8 year old boy marries grandmother 12 March 2013
One weird marriage in Tshwane, South Africa, has been a head turner for the world over. An eight year old kid was married to his own grandmother who was 61. Sanele Masilela, the school boy happily tied the knot with...
Keywords: unusual weddings, eight year old boy marries grandmother, weird marriages, south africa child marriage
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Consensual sex, what is the right age? 11 July 2015
There is a lot of controversy over the age of consensual sex. Even with consent, the sexual act of individuals below the age is considered illegal. The girl becomes the victim and the boy offender. This has created a flutter...
Keywords: rape, rape, IPC, rape
Read More Illegalities mark Kalyanamasthu 20 May 2011
Kalyanamasthu programme, ambitiously launched by the TTD administration a few years ago with a view to unite couples belonging to the middle classes and poor families with its own expenditure , has become a tool in the hands of some...
Keywords: child marriages in Kalyanamasthu, illegalities in Kalyanamasthu, minor marriages in Kalyanamasthu, child marriages in Kalyanamasthu
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Two Hyderabadi Girls Saved From Child Marriage Ace In Inter Exams 18 April 2017
The two Hyderabadi girls, aged 16 years, from Hayathnagar, who were saved from child marriage last year, have proved their mettle in this years’ intermediate exams. The marriage of the girls was stopped in the nick of time, as they...
Keywords: Inter Exams, Hyderabadi girls, NRI Junior college, Hyderabadi girls
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Minor girl forcibly married 02 March 2013
A Sudanese national was arrested by Moghalpura police station in Hyderabad on the charges of marrying a minor girl. The Sudanese Osama Ibrahim who was working as a Project Engineer for a petroleum company in Sudan came on February 19th...
Keywords: hyderabad, sudan, sudan, hyderabad
Read More Southern cities turn centers of child prostitutes 19 July 2011
Five to six years ago, the age group of child prostitutes in India varied from 14 to 16 years but unfortunately this has now decreased to 10 to 14 years. In some cities, even the girls of 9 years old...
Keywords: political corruption, political corruption, child labor, political corruption
Read More World Bank manifests commitment for Bihar's development! 27 May 2013
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was known to have been called on by a World Bank team at the same time discussed overall development in Bihar in addition to the progress of those schemes being sponsored by the international lender. The...
Keywords: indian news update, bihar news, world bank team, child marriage in bihar
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